Water-closet.



A. A. z A. J. BRUDER.

WATER ULOSET.

APPLICATION FILED Dnc.

Patented May 13, 1913..

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ALBERT A.. BRUDER AND AUGUST J. BRUDER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WATER-CLOSET.

Application led December 1B, 1911.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that We, ALBERT A. BRUDER and AUGUST J. BRUDER, citizens ofthe United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county oflVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tater-Closets, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.i y

This invention relates to improvements in the construction andarrangement of water closets and its object is to provide means forpreventing closet bowls from overflowing and to provide a constructionof bowl which will prevent noise in flushing and provide a convenientclean-out for the trap thereof and also certain other new`and usefulfeatures, the invention consisting in the matters hereinafter more fullyset forth and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectionthrough a closet bowl and its setting embodying our invention; and Fig.2 is a horizontal section thereof on the line :1e-:11 of Fig. 1.

A closet bowl 1 of any suitable shape is formed with a base 2 havingtherein a trap 3 with a flushing passage 4 leading upward therefrom atthe forward side of the bowl. The bottom of the bowl forms a trap basin5 which overflows at its forward side into the passage 4, a wall beingprovided across the opening into said passage, which wall dips down intothe basin to form a seal for the opening.

The rim of the bowl is formed with the usual annular flush passage 7which is connected at the rear of the bowl by a pipe 8 with the flushtank 9. A wall 10 spaced from the rear wall of the bowl forms a passage.11 extending downward into the trap basin, the lower end of said wallbeing ex tended below the level of the water in said basin and its upperend curved rearwardly into the inlet portion 12 of the passage 7 so thatthe stream of water entering from the pipe 8 will be divided by the wall10 and a portion deflected downward through the said passage 11 into thebasin and the remainder will pass into the rim passage in the usual way.This dividing of the stream lessens the volume and force of water enter-Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

serial No. 666,566.

ing the rim flush passage so that it will flow from the passage down thewalls of the bowl evenly and quietly, and the remainder of the volumerequired to properly. flush the basin will flow quietly down the passa e11. The rim of the bowl is also preferaily formed with a vent passage 13extending substantially halfway around the bowl above the passage 7 andthis vent passage is open, at the rear of the bowl into an outlet pipe14 which is connected to a vent pipe or stack 15 leading upward throughthe roof of the building or into any suitable air flue such as achimney. The vent passage is connected at its forward end wlth theinterior of the bowl through an opening 1G and at the rear of the bowlthrough an opening 17 directly opposite the outlet 14, and a transversewall 18 adjacent to the opening 16 divides said passage 13 from a secondrim passage 19 extending around the bowl at its opposite side andoiening at its rear end into the outlet 14. r t its forward end thispassage `19 communicates with the passage Llleading to the trap 3,through lan upward extension 9.0 of said passage 4 which connectingpassage opens into the bottom of the passage 19 adjacent to the wall 18.These passages 19 and Q0 thus form a: breather passage for the trap 3when the same dis charges, preventing'the disagreeable sound causedthereby and furnishing a vent for said trap.

To facilitate the cleaning out of the trap 3, a clean out opening isprovided in the passage 4 at the forward side of the bowl which openingis closed by a screw cap 21, and to prevent the bowl from overflowingshould either of the traps become clogged and the bowl then flushed, thelower end of the vent stack 15 is connected to the soil stack 2i). by atrap Q3 so that when the bowl fills up, the water will flow into thevent passage and out through the outlet 14 and trap 23 into the soilstack.

Obviously changes may be made in the construction and arrangement ofparts without departing from the spirit of our invention and we do notwish to limit ourselves to the form shown.

Having thus fully described our invention what we claim is z- 1. Thecombination of a closet bowl having a ventilating passage near its top,a vent l ing a trap basin,

pipe connected to said' passage to draw air therefrom, a soil stackextending upward at adistance from the bowl, and a connection betweenthe lower end of the vent pipe and the soil stack comprising a trap.

2. The combination of a closet bowl having a hollow lushing rim passage,a ventilating passage above the flushing passage having a horizontallyextending outlet, a vent pipe connected to the said outlet to draw airtherefrom, a soil stack extending vertically1 past the bowl adjacent tothe vent pipe, and a trap connecting the lower end of the vent pipe andthe soil stack.

.3. The combination of a closet bowl, a trap, a passage forming theoutlet forthe bowl and* leading to the inlet side of the trap, a rimpassage connected with said passage leading to the trap, and aventilating outlet for said rim passage.

4. The combination of a closet bowl hava trap below t-he trap basin, apassae leading upward from the inlet of the lower` trap and into whichpassage the trap basin is adapted to overflow, a rim passage into whichthe passage from the trap opens and which has an outlet, and a vent pipeconnected to said-outlet.

5. A closet bowl comprising a trap basin in its bottom, a trap belowsaid basin, a passage at the forward side ofthe bowl form- A ing theinlet for the lower trapl and into which the trap basin discharges, aclean-out opening being provided in the front wall of said passage, aclosure for said opening, and

a breather passage connected to the upper end of said passage.

6. The combination of a closet bowl having a rim formed with aVentilating passage at one side of the` bowl communicating with theinterior thereof and a separate breather passage at the other side ofthe bowl, said passages having a common outlet at the rear of the bowl,a trap in .the bottom of the bowl, and a passage leading upward fromvsaid trap and connected to said breather passage, and a vent pipeconnected to the `)utlet of said vent and breather passages.

7. The combination of a closet bowl having a rim formed with aVentilating passage extending around one side of the bowl andcommunicating with the interior thereof at its front and rear and aseparate breather-passage at the other side of the bowl extending fromfront to rear thereof, said passages 'having a. common outlet passage, at-rap basin in the bowl, a trap below the trap basin, a passageextending upward at the front side of the bowl from the lower trap andconnected at its upper end with the breather passage, a vent pipeconnected to saidf outlet passage, a soil stack, and a trap connectingsaid stack and vent pipe.

In testimony whereof we afIix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ALBERT A. BRUDER. AUGUST J. BRUDER. Witnesses:

ANNA M. DoRR, C. R.-STICKNEY.

